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During the hearing, Justice Jhingan enquired if the Centre would not take possession on June 5, to this SG reiterated it would only be "as per the procedure established by law."

MYSURU: Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh visited the Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hills on Tuesday morning and offered prayers, a day after the Federation of Western India Cine Employees (FWICE) announced a non-cooperation directive against him over his exit from "Don 3".

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday declined to pass any interim order restraining the Centre from acting on its directive asking the Delhi Gymkhana Club to vacate its premises by June 5, while recording Solicitor General Tushar Mehta's assurance that there would be no "forcible possession" or sudden takeover and that any eviction, if carried out, would be strictly in accordance with law and after prior notice.

The court, however, declined to grant any interim stay or status quo order, after the Centre assured that there would be no forcible dispossession.

Appearing for the Centre, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta clarified before the court that June 5 was only a deadline given for voluntary vacating of the premises and not a date for any forceful eviction.

The Punjab govt has challenged the April 8 order by a single-judge HC bench, stating division bench in 2025 already allowed it to clear dues by 2028

Delhi Gymkhana Club has challenged Centre's order to vacate its premises in 15 days, citing lease rights and lack of compensation for members and staff. | Latest News Delhi

Abhijeet Dipke, founder of satirical platform 'Cockroach Janta Party' (CJP), has moved the Delhi HC against the blocking of CJP's X handle in India. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) asked X to withhold the account under Section 69(A) of IT Act due to national security concerns.

In December 2023, the Land Development Office (L&DO) under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs had revised Gymkhana Club's rent retrospectively from April 2018, based on prevailing institutional land rates.

As first reported by The Indian Express, the X handle was withheld in India on May 21 after a direction from the Centre following inputs from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) that raised "national security concerns".